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Sat, 10 May 2008 00:10:24 GMT
Technology
Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering
US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment.
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:54:11 GMT
Technology
Burma's emergency telecoms delay
Foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms are prevented from going into Burma.
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:33:23 GMT
Business
Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.
Thu, 08 May 2008 19:39:17 GMT
Technology
Facebook agrees child safety plan
Facebook agrees a deal to protect children on the site from sexual predators and cyber bullies.
Fri, 09 May 2008 00:20:01 GMT
Technology
MySpace lets users share data
MySpace says its "data availability" project will put users in the driving seat with web information sharing.
Fri, 09 May 2008 06:16:55 GMT
Business
Google keen on better Yahoo ties
Google expresses interest in extending an advertising partnership with fellow search engine Yahoo.
Thu, 08 May 2008 10:11:17 GMT
Technology
Fake media file snares PC users
A booby-trapped media file is catching out tens of thousands of file-sharers, says a security firm.

BBC News - Science/Nature


Sat, 10 May 2008 13:29:27 GMT
UK
Cash cuts see green grants halved
The number of grants to people fitting green energy systems in their homes has halved, the BBC has learned.
Sun, 11 May 2008 23:04:59 GMT
Edinburgh, East and Fife
Giant panda hope for Scottish zoo
Edinburgh Zoo enters into negotiations to bring a pair of giant pandas from China to Scotland.
Thu, 08 May 2008 18:04:09 GMT
Science/Nature
Great tits cope well with warming
Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.
Thu, 08 May 2008 12:51:01 GMT
Science/Nature
'No bias' against UK astronauts
UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.
Fri, 09 May 2008 09:12:22 GMT
Science/Nature
New batch of walruses tagged
Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.
Wed, 07 May 2008 17:06:08 GMT
Science/Nature
Platypus genetic code unravelled
The genetic blueprint of one of the world's strangest mammals - the duck-billed platypus - is deciphered.
Wed, 07 May 2008 14:48:57 GMT
Science/Nature
EU's sat-nav pioneer calls home
A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth.

New Scientist News


Sun, 11 May 2008 18:00:00 +0100
Science/Nature
Treatment hope for killer pregnancy condition
Pre-eclampsia, a condition that kills thousands of women and babies every year, may be treatable with a chemical found naturally in the body
Sun, 11 May 2008 14:44:00 +0100
Science/Nature
Rats feel peer pressure too
It's not just humans who succumb to peer pressure ? brown rats too will disregard personal experiences and copy the behaviour of their peers
Sun, 11 May 2008 09:54:00 +0100
Science/Nature
Stigma helps AIDS flourish in Russia
Homophobia and the stigmatisation of people with HIV and AIDS are hampering efforts to tackle the spread of infection in the countries of the former Soviet Union
Sat, 10 May 2008 14:55:00 +0100
Science/Nature
Scanning corpses reveals killer's fingerprints
The corpses of murder victims can now betray the identity of their killers, thanks to a technique that can capture fingerprints left on a body
Sat, 10 May 2008 11:26:00 +0100
Science/Nature
Restaurant smoking bans stop teens getting the habit
Such smoking bans don't just protect diners and staff from other people's smoke, they help stop young people becoming habitual smokers
Sat, 10 May 2008 08:34:00 +0100
Science/Nature
Why didn't Earth freeze under faint young Sun?
The explanation for why a dimmer Sun didn't chill our planet could lie in a miscalculation in atmospheric models
Fri, 9 May 2008 20:41:00 +0100
Science/Nature
Astronomers begin search for 'vanishing' stars
A new survey is monitoring a million massive stars to see if any suddenly disappear, imploding to become black holes

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